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Duel of the port cities! On the second matchday of the French Ligue Une, it will be a duel between Nantes and Marseille! Both cities are of great importance to French industry due to the famous harbor. There are also famous footballers on both sides. However, both teams have set the start to the new season in the sand and feel in direct duel already a certain pressure!
The canaries from Nantes had beaten away at CL participant OSC Lille away. A defeat that was not necessarily a sensation right now. Absolutely surprising, however, was the performance of the traditional club “OM”. In Andre Villas-Boas’ coaching debut, the former top-flight club lost 2-0 at home to Reims.
In the Stade de la Beaujoire it is now time to avoid the absolute cold start. There is no clear trend among bookmakers between Nantes and Marseille due to current quotas on the three-way market. The game starts on Saturday at 16:30.
Nantes:
Even before the first matchday of the French Ligue 1, there was already the first change of coach to announce. The Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic voluntarily ended his term with the canaries of FC Nantes. As an active player, he was under contract from 1981 to 1986 at Nantes and enjoyed accordingly great reputation.
However, there were always disagreements with club owner Waldemar Kita and his son Franck. Halilhodzic took the lead in late July and ended his involvement.
Only a few days before the start of the season against OSC Lille, a new head coach was presented with Christian Gourcuff. An ideal preparation definitely looks different. Things are not going to get any easier in Nantes, as Gourcuff currently has a bloated 35-man squad.
There is no double burden with international games in Nantes and accordingly it will be difficult to keep all the players happy. Newcomer Marcus Coco (to which also Stuttgart was tuned) is not in a good mood. The winger tore himself in the first game, the cruciate ligament and will return to the square again in 2020.
Nantes responded immediately to the injury and was able to borrow Moses Simon from UD Levante for a season this week. The most important new signing this season is certainly that of goalkeeper Alban Lafont. The 20-year-old keeper looks back on the experience of 145 professional games despite his age.
After the close 1: 2 against Lille Nantes now builds on home strength. Nine of the 19 home games were won in the previous year, so presented the canaries at home quite convincing.
In addition, there were far more goals to be seen at home (eleven games with over 2.5 – in the foreign only six).
Marseilles:
In October 2018, Rudi Garcia signed another contract with Marseille, but at the end of the season he had to take his hat anyway. Fifth place was too little for the ambitions of the club officials.
With European returnee Andre Villas-Boas Marseille managed quite a coup. The Portuguese is still a young coach, but he has a lot of experience. However, his involvement in Marseille will not be an easy task. The goal is the Champions League – he will have to be judged by that.
The squad has not necessarily gained in quality compared to the previous year. The contract of scandal striker Mario Balotelli was not renewed, after all, could be committed directly with the Argentine Dario Benedetto but replacement. World Champion Adil Rami had to pack his bags this week, due to “gross misconduct” he was dismissed by “l’OM”.
Villas-Boas wants to work in peace and does not stop at big names. An attitude that is definitely understandable, but sporty, the performance must also fit. That’s the problem right now, because the preparation has already shown that the team still has a lot of room for improvement.
At the same time, Villas-Boas relied exclusively on players who had been with Marseille last year in a 2-0 loss to Stade Reims. The loss of winger Florian Thauvin weighs heavily, as over him almost the entire offensive game is running. Dimitri Payet is far from his top form and can no longer attract the game.
Thauvin will continue failing due to an ankle injury, so improvement is not necessarily in sight. In foreign countries Marseille even had a negative balance last year and lost nine of the 19 guest appearances. With such a record on Saturday between Nantes and Marseille a tip on the guests is not recommended.
Nantes vs Marseille head to head matches
28.04.19 L1 Marseille Nantes 1 : 2
05.12.18 L1 Nantes Marseille 3 : 2
18.07.18 CF Marseille Nantes 2 : 1
04.03.18 L1 Marseille Nantes 1 : 1
12.08.17 L1 Nantes Marseille 0 : 1